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What the world would lose with the demise of Twitter: Valuable eyewitness accounts and raw data on human behavior, as well as a habitat for trolls

  • Written by Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
imageTwitter itself produces a lot of data that's available nowhere else.STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images

What do a cybersecurity researcher building a system to generate alerts for detecting security threats and vulnerabilities, a wildfire watcher who tracks the spread of forest fires, and public health professionals trying to predict enrollment in health...

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